(KPL) The number of the unexploded ordnance victims has been reduced from 300 in 2007 to 85 people last year, according to Director of the National Regulatory Authority for UXO\Mine Action Sector, Mr. Phoukhiao Chanthasomboune.
Mr. Phoukhiao said that the Lao government was determined to have reduced the annual number of UXO victims to 75 people in 2020.
The NRA in cooperation with the United Nations and international donors has provided economic assistance to the UXO victims and help them access to physical rehabilitation and UXO-free farmland.
The National Regulatory Authority for UXO\Mine Action Sector in cooperation with the UNDP held a review meeting on UXO activities in 2010.
The participants of the meeting recognized that it was difficult to have more than 200,000 ha that is UXO-contaminated safe for agricultural and development activities by 2020.
The meeting was co-chaired by Director of the National Regulatory Authority for UXO\Mine Action Sector Phoukhiao Chanthasomboune and UNDP Resident Representative Minh Pham.
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